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Teachers: Apply Now!

Applications are now being accepted from teachers interested in participating in teacher research experiences during the 2011 (Arctic) and 2011-2012 (Antarctica) field seasons!

Deadline: 1 October 2010

Join PolarTREC Teacher, Bill Schmoker and the research team onboard the Coast Gu
 

Current Expedition!

Join PolarTREC Teacher, Bill Schmoker and the research team onboard the Coast Guard Icebreaker Healy as they traverse the Bering, Beaufort, and Chukchi Seas.

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Attention Teachers:

Are you interested in applying to become a PolarTREC teacher? Learn more about the program, projects, and requirements during an informational webinar (web seminar) on Thursday, 9 September 2010 at 3:00 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time (4 PM PDT, 5 PM MDT, 6 PM CDT, 7 PM EDT).

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Interested in learning more about PolarTREC? Listen to the archive of the PolarTREC Informational Webinar.

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10 September 2010 - Claude Larson and the Archaeology Team

Click on an expedition title below to follow along in the Virtual Base Camp.

Teacher: Bill Schmoker
Dates: 31 July 2010 - 6 September 2010
Location: USCGC Healy in the Bering, Beaufort, and Chukchi Seas
Teacher: Bettina Sander
Dates: 1 October 2010 - 15 December 2010
Location: McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Teacher: Brandon Gillette
Dates: 8 November 2010 - 25 November 2010
Location: McMurdo Station
Teacher: Katey Shirey
Dates: 13 November 2010 - 10 December 2010
Location: Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica
Teacher: Anne Marie Wotkyns
Dates: 22 November 2010 - 10 January 2011
Location: Swedish Icebreaker Oden in the Southern Seas
Teacher: Lesley Urasky
Dates: 15 December 2010 - 12 January 2011
Location: Beardmore Glacier Remote Camps, Antarctica
Teacher: Chantelle Rose
Dates: 5 January 2011 - 14 January 2011
Location: USCGC Polar Sea in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas
Teacher: Michael Lampert
Dates: 2 March 2011 - 18 March 2011
Location: Svartisen Subglacial Laboratory, Norway

2010

Teacher: James Pottinger
Dates: 12 August 2010 - 22 August 2010
Location: Summit, Greenland
Teacher: Joshua Dugat
Dates: 3 August 2010 - 22 August 2010
Location: Anchorage, Toolik Field Station, Deadhorse, and Barrow in Alaska
Teacher: Marti Canipe
Dates: 19 July 2010 - 26 July 2010
Location: Various Locations, Greenland
Teacher: Keri Rodgers
Dates: 16 July 2010 - 23 August 2010
Location: Barrow Alaska
Teacher: Karl Horeis
Dates: 13 July 2010 - 5 August 2010
Location: Raven Bluff Site near Kivalina, Alaska
Teacher: Cheryl Forster
Dates: 5 July 2010 - 17 August 2010
Location: Isfjord Radio, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway
Teacher: Claude Larson
Dates: 3 July 2010 - 3 August 2010
Location: Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

2009

Teacher: Gary Wesche
Dates: 23 November 2009 - 10 January 2010
Location: West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide, Antarctica
Teacher: Sarah Diers
Dates: 17 November 2009 - 13 January 2010
Location: Cotton Glacier, Antarctica
Teacher: Casey O’Hara
Dates: 16 November 2009 - 1 January 2010
Location: South Pole Station, Antarctica
Researcher: Heidi Roop
Dates: 9 November 2009 - 1 February 2010
Location: West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide, Antarctica
Teacher: Michele Cross
Dates: 29 October 2009 - 18 December 2009
Location: McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Teacher: Lindsay Knippenberg
Dates: 5 October 2009 - 3 December 2009
Location: McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Teacher: Cristina Galvan
Dates: 23 September 2009 - 1 November 2009
Location: Coast Guard Ship, Beaufort Sea
Teacher: Barney Peterson
Dates: 21 July 2009 - 13 August 2009
Location: Southcentral and Southwest Alaska
Teacher: Thomas Harten
Dates: 15 July 2009 - 15 August 2009
Location: Pribilof Islands, Alaska
Teacher: Mike Rhinard
Dates: 10 July 2009 - 15 August 2009
Location: Svalbard, Norway
NSF Einstein Fellow: Jennifer Thompson
Dates: 5 July 2009 - 21 July 2009
Location: Various Locations, Greenland
Teacher: Mark McKay
Dates: 14 June 2009 - 15 July 2009
Location: R/V Knorr, Bering Sea
K-12 Science Coordinator: Cheri Hamilton
Dates: 22 May 2009 - 8 June 2009
Location: NEEM Camp, Greenland
Teacher: Michael Wing
Dates: 6 May 2009 - 31 May 2009
Location: Yli-Ii, Finland
Teacher: Simone Welch
Dates: 31 March 2009 - 12 May 2009
Location: USCGC Healy, Bering Sea
Teacher: Tim Martin
Dates: 21 March 2009 - 22 April 2009
Location: Crater Lake El’gygytgyn, Russia
Teacher: Betsy Wilkening
Dates: 15 March 2009 - 3 April 2009
Location: Barrow, Alaska
Teacher: Deanna Wheeler
Dates: 8 March 2009 - 31 March 2009
Location: USCGC Healy, Bering Sea

2008

Teacher: Katie Pena
Dates: 10 December 2008 - 10 January 2009
Location: McMurdo and Casey Stations
Teacher: Jeff Peneston
Dates: 25 November 2008 - 12 January 2009
Location: Southern Oceans, Antarctica
Teacher: John Wood
Dates: 21 November 2008 - 10 January 2009
Location: Mount Erebus, Antarctica
Teacher: Cameo Slaybaugh
Dates: 4 November 2008 - 19 December 2008
Location: McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Teacher: Jacquelyn Hams
Dates: 4 November 2008 - 15 December 2008
Location: Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Teacher: Robin Ellwood
Dates: 13 October 2008 - 25 November 2008
Location: Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Teacher: Gerty Ward
Dates: 16 July 2008 - 21 August 2008
Location: Beaufort Sea
Teacher: Frank Kelley
Dates: 9 July 2008 - 16 August 2008
Location: Barrow, Alaska
Teacher: Misty Nikula
Dates: 9 July 2008 - 1 September 2008
Location: Kuril Islands, Russia
Teacher: Missy Holzer
Dates: 8 July 2008 - 16 August 2008
Location: Svalbard, Norway
Dates: 6 July 2008 - 12 July 2008
Location: Greenland
Teacher: Jillian Worssam
Dates: 30 June 2008 - 2 August 2008
Location: Bering Sea
Teacher: Catherine Campbell
Dates: 24 June 2008 - 26 July 2008
Location: Toolik Field Station, Alaska
Teacher: Elizabeth Eubanks
Dates: 10 June 2008 - 18 July 2008
Location: Barrow, Alaska
Teacher: Craig Beals
Dates: 1 June 2008 - 12 July 2008
Location: Summit, Greenland
Teacher: Katie Pena
Dates: 12 April 2008 - 27 May 2008
Location: Drake Passage
Graduate Student: Emily Davenport
Dates: 27 March 2008 - 6 May 2008
Location: Bering Sea
Teacher: Craig Kasemodel
Dates: 11 March 2008 - 28 March 2008
Location: Bering Sea
Teacher: Kirk Beckendorf
Dates: 21 December 2007 - 29 January 2008
Location: Antarctica
Teacher: Elke Bergholz
Dates: 4 December 2007 - 16 January 2008
Location: South Pole Station
Teacher: Brandon Gillette
Dates: 26 November 2007 - 1 January 2008
Location: West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), Antarctica
Teacher: Ann Linsley
Dates: 12 November 2007 - 20 December 2007
Location: McMurdo Station, Antarctica

2007

Teacher: Lollie Garay
Dates: 24 November 2007 - 11 January 2008
Location: Icebreaker Oden
Teacher: Mindy Bell
Dates: 30 September 2007 - 18 November 2007
Location: McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Teacher: Sarah Anderson
Dates: 28 August 2007 - 2 November 2007
Location: Bellingshausen-Amundsen Sea, Antarctica
Teacher: Peggy Foletta
Dates: 27 July 2007 - 16 August 2007
Location: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Teacher: Matt Moore
Dates: 17 July 2007 - 2 August 2007
Location: Svalbard, Norway
Teacher: Mary Anne Pella-Donnelly
Dates: 11 July 2007 - 9 August 2007
Location: Kap Hoegh, Greenland
Teacher: Misty Nikula
Dates: 11 July 2007 - 23 August 2007
Location: Kuril Islands, Russia
Dates: 18 June 2007 - 21 June 2007
Location: Greenland
Teacher: Rob Wilder
Dates: 31 May 2007 - 7 July 2007
Location: Barrow, Alaska
Project Manager: Janet Warburton
Dates: 24 May 2007 - 30 May 2007
Location: Bering Sea
Teacher: Jo Dodds
Dates: 13 May 2007 - 9 June 2007
Location: Summit, Greenland
Teacher: Maggie Prevenas
Dates: 7 April 2007 - 14 May 2007
Location: Bering Sea
Teacher: Robert Harris
Dates: 21 March 2007 - 18 April 2007
Location: SEDNA Ice Camp
Teacher: Ute Kaden
Dates: 11 December 2006 - 28 December 2006
Location: Icebreaker Oden
Hoarfrost Crystals on Railing
By: Bill Schmoker
Location: Southern Canada Basin
Dismantling Coring Rig Track
By: Bill Schmoker
Location: Canada Basin
Muddy Coring Rig Recovery
By: Bill Schmoker
Location: Eastern Canada Basin
Sea Floor Profile W. of Banks Island, Canada
By: Bill Schmoker
Location: Southeast Canada Basin, West of Prince Patrick Island
Snowy Morning on Healy
By: Bill Schmoker
Location: Southeast Canada Basin, West of Banks Island
PolarConnect Call from Wardroom On USCGC Healy
By: Bill Schmoker
Location: Canada Basin
Shrunken Styrofoam Cup
By: Bill Schmoker
Location: Canada Basin
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